‘American Idol’: 16 of the Best Losers Ranked
The fourth season of American Idol premiered on January 18, and continued until May 25, It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Underwood has since gone on to become a seven-time Grammy -winning country megastar. It was also the first season of the series to be aired in high definition.
The year-old country singer has been dating Hopkins since
By Rachel Ashcroft. American Idol has experienced a wide variety of changes to the judging panel over the years. But over the years, the programme has played host to massive artists such as Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and even Steven Tyler. Find out which judge was once married to Emilio Estevez, plus we reveal which previous panel members are set to walk down the aisle in the next year or so. Cowell is currently with Lauren Silverman — the pair have been dating since and share a son, Eric, together.
The story of how they got together is a little bit awkward though…. Cowell and Silverman were actually having an affair while Lauren was still married to her now ex-husband Andrew. To make things even worse, Andrew and Simon were supposed to be good friends! Things got ugly when Lauren and Andrew started divorce proceedings, but eventually they managed to settle out of court which allowed Simon to avoid being called as a witness in their case!
The couple have been together ever since and regularly appear on the red carpet together. Lauren gave birth to their son Eric in